Term ends Jul 31, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 10, 2036
Held by Mgi Tech Co., Ltd.
Filed Mar 30, 2022 as application 17/708,289 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
Base term plus 1008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016
Term ends
Jul 31, 2036
Jul 31, 2036
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Jun 16, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,008
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,227,647.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 1008 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 10, 2016, when application 15/040,906, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2022) | Feb 10, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1008 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 14, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,227,647) | capped to Jul 31, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 31, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,227,647 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,319,588 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 12,655,481 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 Reel 74658, frame 588 | Ke, Rongqin; Drmanac, Snezana; Drmanac, Radoje; Cai, Guangyang; Callow, Matthew | Complete Genomics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2026 Reel 74659, frame 182 | Complete Genomics Inc. | BGI Shenzhen Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2026 Reel 74659, frame 755 | BGI Shenzhen Co., Ltd. | Mgi Tech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 31, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,227,647.
Citations
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